Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem and Tomas Berdych launch the 2016 Erste Bank Open 500 with a photo overlooking St. Stephen's Cathedral and flashmob tennis in the city. Photo: Bildagentur Zolles KG
London Home Stretch: The final multiple tournament week of the season on the ATP World Tour takes place with the Swiss Indoors in Basel and the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. There are 500 ranking points at stake to the winner in both tournaments. There are three spots available for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (13-20 November) and 14 of the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Race to London are in action. World No. 2 Andy Murray, who is trying to overtake World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, is the top seed in Vienna. No. 3 Stan Wawrinka leads the field in Basel. Emirates ATP Race to London Update: There are 14 of the Top 20 players in...
Second seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah won their fourth doubles title of 2016 on Sunday at the VTB Kremlin Cup, fighting hard to take a 7-5, 4-6, 10-5 victory over the veteran Austrian duo of Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer. “It’s very special to win our first indoor title. We [had] never won more than one match at an indoor tournament,” said Cabal. “We felt very supported out there. We felt they were cheering for a high-quality tennis match and that’s what they got.” Currently No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, the Colombian duo is in contention to make their first appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Their win in Moscow puts them within 500 points of...
Pablo Carreno Busta overcame injury and a set deficit to celebrate his second career ATP World Tour title on Sunday at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow. The Spaniard outlasted Italian Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 inside Olympic Stadium. Carreno Busta won nearly 70 per cent of his first-serve points and benefitted from six Fognini double faults in the one-hour and 56-minute final. He also padded his already impressive 2016 résumé. The 25 year old has captured two ATP World Tour titles this season, having won the Winston-Salem Open crown in August (d. Bautista Agut). Carreno Busta finished runner-up on clay in Estoril and Sao Paulo. The Barcelona resident also became the third Spaniard to win two ATP World Tour...
Juan Martin del Potro ended a 33-month drought in style, racing to the finish 7-5, 6-1 against Jack Sock at the If Stockholm Open on Sunday. The Argentine’s most recent tour-level crown had come against Bernard Tomic in Sydney at the start of the 2014 season. He now owns 19 tour-level titles. “I’ve been trying to fix my problems for the past two years and I didn’t expect to win a title at this moment in my career,” del Potro said. “I am so happy to get the trophy here. It’s motivation for looking forward to the future. “I don’t really mind the rankings or the numbers. I just want to play better. When I’m 100 per cent I know...